The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-04
A PERSON MIGHT BE INDUCED
TO DO ANYTHING,
To Forge n Check, Sign Away Prop.
erty or Yield the Person in
Loves Embrace.
A DANGEROUS POWER THAT SCI
ENCE USES SKILFULLY
In ContendiDg With Diseases and
Effecting Their Cure-Won-
derful Experiments.

NhW IOhki reDruafy Z-The Her
AIDS Paris correspondent telegraph
that paper as follow: By courtesy O
DIR. Oharcot was enabled to be pres
emit on Thursday at a series OF hypnotic
experiments at the Salpstriere Hos
pital, conducted by DR.. Oharcot him.
self, in the presence OF a delegation
from the Societe de Medicine Lepale
commissioned to examine into the
possibility Of Anyone under hyp.
motto influence making and sign
ing will. The experiment opens ur
an entirely new field OF medical juris-
prudence, and will cause a verltable
revolution for doctors and lawyers.
A sINGULoR SCENE.
Away over behind the Jardin des
Plsnles, at an early hour, in long,
red tiled room, known as the Saltoe.
triere Museum, filed with cabinets
containing anatomical specimens, Gu,
rious photographs and engraving
around the walls, stands with Els back
toward a large gas stove the famous
and world renowned DR.. Charcot, Sd q
ciaiist in all nervous diseases and COM
plicstions. The scarlet rosstte of an
officer OF the Legion of Honor alone
throws bright note into his somber
mourning garb. He keeps his cap on
during. the seance, slightly pushing it
from his fine brow when much inter-
ested. DR.. Babinski, the eminent Doc.
tors assistant, stands near by at tiny
oak table, upon which there is an
electric battery. Placed on the
lett hand Sit the delegates of
the medical society above men
toned, among whom recognise NM.
Bronardel, Motel, Ravaisson, Molliew,
Harteloup and Matre Damange. On
the right are several students aud a
happy-faced priest, who was asked to
attend the seance. One or two medi.
Cal assistants, with long, white aprons
on, come and 90.
THE GIRL Is DRESSING.
The murmur Of voices ceases as DR..
Charcot asks, in full modulsted tone,
why the Subject" has not yet ap.
peared.
"She is DRESSING is the reply.
"Ettes SOM st coqacttes," the Doctor
maliciously says.
Then a stout, healthy-looking girl
enters the loom, sttired in a blue serge
dress, with blus and red foulard waist
coat. She has large, gray eyes, q COM
monplace face and. dark hair; dressed
in the latest hornlike fashion, into
which large, yellow tortoise-shell pin
is stuck. l noticed that all the SUBJ
jects were particularly given TO head
decorations and yellow pins.
This girl has not an over-intelligent
expression of countenancs. She sits
in the chair provided for her. DR..
Charcot passes his hand for a moment
in front OF her eyes. She looks fixedly
at his foretiager, and in a very few
moments becomes rigid. The cata.
leptic state is st'sined. Then the Doc
tor takes large pin, and, to prove the
insensibility Of the nerves in the
hypnotic state, runs il through the
upper part OF the hand. The girl
doas not move. The eyes are wide
open; the eyelids never culver.
Now DR.. Babiuski sits her straight in
the chair, as she has tendency to-
ward falling. DR.. Charcot then rnbs
her forehead, closes and presses upon
her eyelids, and thus higher degree
of rigldity is produced. She is then told
to etand up, and with automatic stiff
ness she rises. DR.. Babinski there
upon app les electricity to the muscles
OF the face to show gestures CORE
spending to the expression produced
by the electric shock. Ecstasy, pas
sion, terror, giief and disdain are one
alter another produced with SOFT of
mechanical precision, one curio 8
phenomenon beirgthe appearance of a
smile on the left side OF the face,
while the right expresses pr found
sorrow, tears rolling down tho che *
and splashing on to the girls heaving
bosom.
A PARR0T BEAK-sTEALING GLOVES.
While in this state the subject is
quite unconscious, or supposed to be
30, and 1t is during this hypnotic pc
Rod that suggestion is most acute. it
is evident that the girl knows, or rath-
or understands, when she is energet-
ically told to do or think a thing, and
she quietly does as she is hidden.
For instance, DR.. Charcot insisted that
M. Bronardel had green parrot besk
instead of an squiline noss. The sub.
ject began by refusing to admit DR..
CharcoC's assertion, which be repeated
several times with great energy. Final.
ly the girl entered into the suggestion,
and began to laugh immoderately
each time she looked toward M. Bro
nardel's proboscis.
M. Motel then left his place and
Whispered something to the Professor,
who told the subject very quietly that
he, the Doctor, had been robbed Of his
gloves by M. Motel.
"0f course, continued he, ~ can't
tell him; know it. You must fiad
means of getting them out OF his
pocket, aad for that purpose you must
make him quit his seat"
AT first the girl ssid she could not
do it; she didn't like to, etc. Finally
she promised to get the gloves back.
Walking once or twics round M. Not
tel, she said, at lat:
Il want to show you the statues in
the garden, out of that window"
pointing to tie further one from us.
"Come with me-"
M, Motel rose, accompanied her,
and while pointing out various beau.
ties of the garden, she deity plunged
her hand into the gentleman's coat
and took the gloves, which she hid in
her pocket and mysteriously slipped
into DR.. Charcot's hand when she
thought no one was looking,
SELECTING A PHOTOGRAPH.
The experiment Of suggesting pho
tograph OF himself on white ca d was
next tried with success by the Doctor.
After slightly enforcing the suggestion
and outlining the head, arms and legs
with his forefnger, the girl positively
imagined that che held in her hand a
photograph OF the Professor, which
she Immediately put In her pocket, but
which the D0ctor as quickly demand
ed back. He then marked an H."
signifyiae haul, or stop" on the card,
which he mixed in topsy-turvy with
several others. Tee pack was then
given to the girl and she was told to
find DR.. Charcot's photograph among
the others. She did so, and immedi-
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